Ogg Vorbis and iTunes

A few days ago I was made aware of a recent software project to make iTunes and Ogg Vorbis play nice together, this time the project has been picked up by the creators (Xiph.org) of the format.

Unfortunately the word nice still does not apply. Adding a *.ogg file to the iTunes library that resides on the usual NFS share takes ages and locks up iTunes and affects the GUI as a whole. Playing involves a 5-10 second pause before it actually begins. Doing these same things with a local file doesn’t improve things as much as you’d hope.

Maybe someday…